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BRTS: Lessons Delhi can learn from Ahmedabad's transport system

20 May, 2013

ET Bureau, Vishal Dutta

Both Delhi and Ahmedabad, which are separated by nearly 800 kilometres of road, boast a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). But the Ahmedabad BRTS reminds one of the Delhi Metro rather than its Delhi counterpart.

The Delhi BRTS, as CM Sheila Dikshit admitted, is a spectacular flop, hobbled by poor planning, lack of foresight and sloppy lane regulations ("even government cars enter the wrong lanes").

ET takes a look at ten lessons Delhi's BRTS can learn from Ahmedabad and other cities that are following the Gujarat state's example: